Pediatric Hospitalist Physician

A clinic in is seeking a Pediatric Hospitalist - Pediatrics Physician to provide quality patient care for a Locum Tenens assignment. Assignment * Dates: Sporadic * Schedule: 10 or 12 hours shifts- 7a-5p, 5p-7a, etc * Setting: Inpatient * Call: TBD- depends on staff needs * Volume: 150-180 PICU admits/year, 200-260 intermediate admits/year, ICU 3-5 patients, 453 beds total * Patient Ages: 100% oeds * Procedures: Sedations * Cases: Most of the patients are medical. The surgical cases usually are initiated by the PICU physicians or else they are elective. * Pediatric Sedation Service in place (sedations for special procedures, minor procedures, and radiology procedures); * Hospitalists cover all of the sedations and Pediatric ICU physicians do sedations that are ASA III. * Pediatric ICU physicians help direct air transport for Pediatric trauma cases. * The ICU manages mechanical ventilation, HFOV and inhaled nitric oxide. Trauma patients (>14 years of age), post-op patients (general surgery, OMFS, neurosurgery, thoracic surgery, ortho, spine, ENT, etc. * Support Staff: 1 Clinical Nurse Specialist on staff Support staff includes the ICU team, with the Hospitalists covering calls (but an ICU physician has to be on back-up). Ancillary staff includes child life, pastoral services, nutrition, social services, PT/OT, and sp * EMR/Charting: EPIC Requirements * Boards: Board Certified; Board Eligible within 5 years * License: Active IL license * Certifications: ACLS; BLS JN -5